2018-19 Deadlines

Profile Review Deadlines

Artist Profiles

When you first create an artist profile, you will receive an artist rating of General Artist once you’ve submitted your Mandatory Information and requested review. You won’t need to do anything to maintain your General Artist rating as long as your artist profile is current and active.

You can choose to submit Additional Information once you have an artist rating.

FACTOR reviews all profiles with Additional Information twice annually, after the annual review deadline in February and the semi-annual review deadline in August (by request only). As a result of these profile reviews, your artist rating may:

stay the same (e.g. Artist 2 remains Artist 2, etc.);

increase (General Artist can become Artist 2 or Artist 3; Artist 2 can become Artist 3); or

only at the Annual Review in February can it decrease (Artist 3 can become General Artist or Artist 2; Artist 2 can become General Artist). Your artist rating cannot decrease at the Semi-Annual Review.

Remember: if your artist profile only has Mandatory Information, no action is required at profile review deadlines to keep your General Artist rating.

Applicant or Company Profiles

If you are applying to FACTOR as an artist, you do not need to take any action on your applicant profile once your profile is Approved.

Music companies who are creating applicant profiles for the first time should complete as much of the profile as you can and submit it for review. New applicant profiles can receive a company rating of Approved, 2 or 3.

After the annual profile review deadline in February, all music companies rated 2 or higher will be reviewed. You should make sure that you have updated your company profile with the required information before this deadline if you wish to maintain your existing company rating. If you have not updated your company profile with the required information, your company rating may decrease as a result of this review. Consequently, you may lose eligibility to apply to some programs.

If you wish to qualify for theComprehensive Music Company program, the only time to do so each year is after the annual review deadline.

After the semi-annual profile review deadline in August, only companies who have submitted new information and requested review will be assessed. Any company that wishes to achieve a higher company rating should submit the required materials for review before this deadline.

Semi-annual review: Friday August 31, 2018

Annual review: Thursday February 28, 2019

Which profiles do you need to apply?

Application Deadlines

Some programs in the FACTOR system have fixed deadlines, whereas others have rolling deadlines. For rolling deadlines, you may apply any time throughout the year, but for some programs your application may have to coincide with an activity related to your project.

Digital Marketing

Application needs to be submitted at least 3 months before project start date.

Rolling deadline.

Industry Events

Application needs to be submitted at least 3 months before project start date.

Rolling deadline.

Showcase Production for Artists from Official Language Minority Communities

Application needs to be submitted at least 3 months before event start date.

Rolling deadline.

Showcase Production for Export-Ready Artists

Period One Deadline: March 1, 2018 for events occurring between May 1, 2018 – October 31 2018

Period Two Deadline: June 1, 2018 for events occurring between August 1, 2018 – January 31, 2019

Period Three Deadline: September 1, 2018 for events occurring between November 1, 2018 – April 30, 2019

Period Four Deadline: December 1, 2018 for events occurring between February 1 2019 to July 30, 2019

For the purpose of this component, an Export-Ready Canadian Artist is:

(a) A Canadian Artist who has

At least one sound recording of any format or duration that has been made commercially available to the general public in Canada; and

At least one sound recording of any format or duration that has been made commercially available to the general public outside of Canada, or will be made commercially available to the general public outside of Canada within twelve months of the export showcase; or has a tour or showcase in the territory of export upcoming within twelve months of the export showcase; and

A professional support team including a least one of the following: artist manager, record label, booking agent, publicist, publisher; and

“Commercially available to the general public” in this component means the sound recording has been offered for sale or consumption to the general public through physical or digital retail distribution, for streaming or sale online whether through the artist’s own website, the record label’s website, or a third-party website, through authorized audio or video streaming services, or released to terrestrial, satellite, and/or digital radio. If the sound recording is only been made available at live performances of the artist, it will not be deemed to have been made commercially available to the general public.

For Business Development, there are two rounds of application deadlines.

Round 1 – April 26, 2018

Round 2 – October 25, 2018

Applicants must submit a Business Development Plan with the template provided by FACTOR, outlining the nature and scope of the project. All Business Development projects must be scheduled to take place within the FACTOR fiscal year (April 1 2018 – March 31 2019).

Multiple Business Travel applications can be submitted throughout the year, subject to the Program and Component Guidelines.

Program

Deadline

Digital Marketing

Application needs to be submitted at least 3 months before project start date.

Rolling deadline.

Industry Events

Application needs to be submitted at least 3 months before project start date.

Rolling deadline.

Showcase Production for Artists from Official Language Minority Communities

Application needs to be submitted at least 3 months before event start date.

Rolling deadline.

Showcase Production for Export-Ready Artists

Period One Deadline: March 1, 2018 for events occurring between May 1, 2018 – October 31 2018

Period Two Deadline: June 1, 2018 for events occurring between August 1, 2018 – January 31, 2019

Period Three Deadline: September 1, 2018 for events occurring between November 1, 2018 – April 30, 2019

Period Four Deadline: December 1, 2018 for events occurring between February 1 2019 to July 30, 2019

For the purpose of this component, an Export-Ready Canadian Artist is:

(a) A Canadian Artist who has

At least one sound recording of any format or duration that has been made commercially available to the general public in Canada; and

At least one sound recording of any format or duration that has been made commercially available to the general public outside of Canada, or will be made commercially available to the general public outside of Canada within twelve months of the export showcase; or has a tour or showcase in the territory of export upcoming within twelve months of the export showcase; and

A professional support team including a least one of the following: artist manager, record label, booking agent, publicist, publisher; and

“Commercially available to the general public” in this component means the sound recording has been offered for sale or consumption to the general public through physical or digital retail distribution, for streaming or sale online whether through the artist’s own website, the record label’s website, or a third-party website, through authorized audio or video streaming services, or released to terrestrial, satellite, and/or digital radio. If the sound recording is only been made available at live performances of the artist, it will not be deemed to have been made commercially available to the general public.

Deadline

Who can apply?

Program

Deadline

For Business Development, there are two rounds of application deadlines.

Round 1 – April 26, 2018

Round 2 – October 25, 2018

Applicants must submit a Business Development Plan with the template provided by FACTOR, outlining the nature and scope of the project. All Business Development projects must be scheduled to take place within the FACTOR fiscal year (April 1 2018 – March 31 2019).

Multiple Business Travel applications can be submitted throughout the year, subject to the Program and Component Guidelines.